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Special Events 2012
Mediaeval Cappuccinos?
Enjoy the surroundings of
the Dalemain Mediaeval
Hall Tearoom with its huge
open fire, serving a
delicious selection of hot
and cold home-made food,
not to be missed freshly
baked scones and our very
special chocolate cake.
Home-made frozen food to
take home, defrost, heat
and serve also available.
Mansion & Historic Gardens
The Lake District, just minutes from the M6, Jct 40
2012
Open Sunday to Thursday
DALEMAIN
Feb/Mar
Best time to see the Snowdrops & Aconites
25th & 26th Feb
May/June
12th May
20th May
24th June
June/July
1st July
6th-8th July
29th July
12th August
19th August
October
2nd-4th Nov
11th-13th Dec
Dec - dates tbc
The World's Original Marmalade Festival
www.marmaladeawards.com
Best time to see the Blue Poppies
Fell Pony Stallion Show
North West Carriage Driving
Dalemain Plant Fair
Best time to see over 200 old-fashioned Roses
National Gardens Scheme Open Day
Dalemain Craft Fair
North West Carriage Driving
Eden Valley Vintage Tractor Rally
Classic Car Show
Apple Celebrations
Magical Christmas Gift Fair
Christmas Lunch at Dalemain &
Cruise on Ullswater
Christmas Lunches in the Mediaeval Hall
ADMISSION PRICES 2012
HOUSE
& GARDEN
How to Find us:
GARDEN
ONLY
ADULTS £9.75 £6.75
SENIOR CITIZENS £9.00 £6.75
ACCOMPANIED FREE FREE
CHILDREN (max 4)
GROUP BOOKINGS
Price on Application
We reserve the right to vary event details and opening times.
Photography is not permitted in the house. Dogs, except guide dogs
are not permitted in the House and Gardens.
On the A592
Penrith to Ullswater
3 Miles from M6, J40 or
2 Miles from Ullswater at
Pooley Bridge
HISTORY CULTURE
AND LANDSCAPE
Enjoy a trip through
four centuries of
House Architecture
Discover the
celebrated Gardens &
Historic Parkland
Sample superb country
house cooking
Partial disabled access
Paddington Bear on his annual visit to
Dalemain for the World’s Original Marmalade Festival
For further information please contact
Dalemain Estate Office, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 0HB
Tel: 017684 86450 Fax: 017684 86223
Email: office@dalemain.com www.dalemain.com
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The World's Original Marmalade Awards & Festival
held at Dalemain annually in February
www.marmaladeawards.com

Eleven Generations
of the Same Family
The 12th Century Norman Pele Tower is the oldest part of
Dalemain. The manor house has evolved through the centuries and
the early Georgian pink ashlar façade completed in 1744 was the
last significant addition. It was some 65 years earlier that Sir
Edward Hasell, Steward to Lady Anne Clifford purchased the house
and to the current day it continues to be home to the Hasell family.
House
The first part of the House to be discovered is Georgian Dalemain,
rich with family portraits, ceramics and period furniture. Sixteen
sheets of handpainted wallpaper were brought in tea clippers from
China in 1757 for the Chinese room.
A change of centuries takes you through the servants passage into
the Pele Tower where there is a display of uniforms, photographs
and other bits and pieces devoted to the Westmorland &
Cumberland Yeomanry.
Upstairs the fretwork room has a 16th Century plaster ceiling and
part of a 17th Century diary written by Lady Anne Clifford, a more
formidable woman even than the Dalemain housekeeper of old,
whose room has a priest’s hidey hole off it.
Gardens
The Gardens have developed during the passing generations of owners
and are for all to enjoy. There are 5 acres of richly planted herbaceous
borders with an intriguing and unusual combination of flowers.
The terrace border concentrates on drought-loving and long flowering
herbaceous plants to give the maximum amount of cover. In the knot
garden you will find an emphasis on herbs and white flowers.
For a gentler and more scented experience, go quietly up the apple walk
beside the old-fashioned roses which give their best in June and July.
Down in the wild garden the famous show of Himalayan Blue Poppies
‘meconopsis Dalemain’ can be seen from mid May to mid June.
The walk to Dacre of about one mile through the peaceful valley behind
Dalemain is the centre of the agricultural estate which is not only a
commercial sheep farm, but also supports a wide variety of wildlife.
Courtyard
In the Courtyard the 16th Century Elizabethan barn houses a good
number of agricultural implements from our Cumbrian farming
heritage these include a turnip basher, cheese press and such like.
There are also fell pony artefacts.
Visit the Dalemain Gift Shop with a range of quality goods and
souvenirs plus antiques from 'Cockermouth Antiques’ and a range
of delicious marmalades.
Our plant centre stocks a fine collection of plants, mostly propogated
in the gardens, many on show.
Opening Times 2012
SUMMER
Sunday 1st April - Sunday 4th November
Sunday to Thursday
Gardens Tearoom & Gift Shop
10.30am to 5pm (4pm in October)
House Opens 11.15 for guided tour
House Opens for free flow 11.45am
Closes 4pm (3pm in October)
WINTER
Monday 5th November - Thursday 13th December
Sunday to Thursday
Tearoom & Gardens only
11am to 3pm
Closed 14th December until mid February
While in the area, why not visit our friends at
Rheged
www.rheged.com, 01768 868000 &
Ullswater Steamers
www.ullswater-steamers.co.uk 017684 82229